Bar­bara Ost­feld became obsessed by singing at two, but didn’t learn to ride a bike until twelve. At age twen­ty-two she cracked through a stained glass ceil­ing to become the first woman ordained as a can­tor in 3,000 years of Jew­ish his­to­ry, but lat­er fool­ish­ly declined an invi­ta­tion to appear on What’s My Line?